Main topic: Salt water in the Asse mine Water has been seeping into the Asse II mine for decades, resulting in a risk of what is known as “drowning”. Miners use this term to describe a situation in  ...

Main topic: Completion of the Konrad repository Project Konrad is a highly complex and extensive construction project. Nuclear law imposes stringent safety requirements and serves as the benchmark  ...

Press release No. 09/24 - Repository search At the 3rd Forum on the Search for a Final Repository (Forum Endlagersuche) on 22 and 23 November 2024, 247 participants came together in Würzburg to  ...

Licensing of the Konrad repository Following the initial idea of using the Konrad mine as a repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, it was a long time before implementation  ...

Licensing of the Konrad repository The Konrad repository in Salzgitter was licensed as part of a procedure that took around 20 years to complete. This is the first time that such a comprehensive  ...

Announcement – Konrad repository 4 May 2017: Landmark of Konrad mine scaffolded The listed winding tower, being the symbol of the Konrad mine beyond the city limits of Salzgitter, will be scaffolded  ...

Announcement – Konrad repository 23 May 2017: Konrad waste acceptance requirements revision 03 withdrawn The waste acceptance requirements for radioactive waste to be disposed of in the Konrad  ...

Press release No. 13/23 - Konrad Repository On Tuesday, 12 December 2023, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) abandoned plans for a Konrad logistics centre. The decision has placed  ...

Announcement – Konrad repository 29 November 2017: Information meeting “Subject: Konrad – Status of construction” The Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) hosted a public event at the Info  ...

Konrad repository At the Konrad mine in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, work is underway on the construction of Germany’s first repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste to be licensed  ...